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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Zaina Gaddafi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <zaina_gaddafi1@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 07:32:11 -0700
Subject: WARM THOUGHTS!!!

My Dearest,

I am Mrs.Zaina Gaddafi, the wife of Saif Al Islam Gaddafi, my husband have been sentence to death by a high court in the capital Tripoli, along with eight other senior members of his father former regime of late Muammar Gaddafi . I hereby seek your consent to assist me for the claim of a huge sum of fund which my husband kept in a foreign volt abroad, here is the link...

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/07/gaddafi-son-saif-al-islam-libya-sentenced-death-150728084429303.html

It is up to you to decide whether this letter deserves your trust and confidentiality. And if indeed it does, whatever your actions and your decision let me know immediately so that I will give you the detail how we should go about it.

Thanks
Yours sincerely,
Mrs.Zaina Gaddafi.

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